The Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU 88.5 (NPR)
Evaluating charter schools
Monday, February 1, 2010
*Robert Cane, executive director of FOCUS, joined the show as an in-studio guest at the 22-minute mark of the broadcast.
To listen to the clip, please click the following link: http://thekojonnamdishow.org/audio-player?nid=16168
Program description: The Washington region is at the forefront of the national charter school movement. But after a decade of innovation and experimentation, it's still difficult to evaluate local charters and compare them to traditional public schools. Do charters live up to the claims of their boosters? Our charter school series continues with a look at how we measure performance.
Guests:
Thomas Nida
Chairman of the D.C. Public Charter School Board; Executive Vice President at United Bank
Marsha Silverberg
Acting Associate Commissioner of Knowledge Utilization, National Center for Education Evaluation at the Institute for Education Sciences.
Sam Chaltain
National Director of the Forum for Education and Democracy, a DC-based education think tank. Author of American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009).
Robert Cane
Executive Director, Friends of Choice in Urban Schools (FOCUS)